The Singapore Maritime Research Conference (SMRC) provides an international forum for the discussion of frontier maritime research including decarbonisation, digitalisation and autonomy. The theme of the conference is “Powering Research in Digitalisation and Decarbonisation”.

SMRC 2025 seeks to:

• Discuss pressing challenges in the maritime sector, such as decarbonisation, sustainability, artificial intelligence, safety and security, and technological integration;
• Curate future maritime research directions, include identifying emerging trends, knowledge gaps, and potential areas for future maritime research in science and technology over the next five years;
• Showcase leading interdisciplinary research in both fundamental and applied areas in maritime;
• Form and catalyse new partnerships in maritime R&D areas;
• Profile emerging young research talent;
• Promote maritime research and innovation

We have lined-up a stellar group of presenters comprising academicians and researchers from leading universities around the world. To find out more about the conference and to register, please refer to the conference website: https://www.smrc.sg/

POST-EVENT

The following presentations are available for download:

IMO Net-Zero Framework: Latest Progress in International Mechanisms for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships
Professor ZHANG Shuang
Researcher, Shipping Development Research Institute
Dalian Maritime University

Charting a Course Through the Uncertainties of Maritime Energy Transition
Associate Professor NG Szu Hui
Head, Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management
College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore; and
Research Track Leader, Centre for Maritime Studies

Research Challenges and Opportunities in Shipping Industry’s Pathway to Decarbonisation by 2050
Professor Evangelos BOULOUGOURIS
Head Of Department
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
University of Strathclyde

A Critical Overview of Recent AI Developments and its Role in the Maritime Sector
Professor Panagiotis ANGELOUDIS
Professor of Transport Systems & Logistics
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Imperial College London

Spatiotemporal AI for Digtalisation and Decarbonisation of Maritime
Professor Tao CHENG
Professor of Geoinformatics
Founder & Director of SpaceTimeLab
Department of Civil, Environment & Geomatic Engineering
University College London

Data-Centric Engineering at Scale: Developing an AI Data Engineer
Professor Adam SOBEY
Programme Director, Data-Centric Engineering, The Alan Turing Institute; and
Professor of Data-Centric Engineering in the Maritime Engineering group, University of Southampton

Accelerating Innovations in Maritime Shipping Through Maritime AI Research
Dr FU Xiuju
Senior Principal Scientist
Department of Systems Science
Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR

Data Analytics for Maritime Sustainability
Professor Jasmine LAM
Chair Professor and Maritime Chair
Technical University of Denmark
Department of Technology, Management and Economics
Division of Management Science

Understanding and Managing Risks in the Transition Towards Future Maritime Operations
Professor CHAN Eng Soon
Chief Executive Officer
Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, Singapore

A Six-Dimension Framework for Digital Twins of Marine Engine Systems
Professor LI Tie
Director, Institute of Power Plant and Automation,
COSCO-SJTU Joint Laboratory of Green and Intelligent Marine Power Systems
Researcher and doctoral supervisor of the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
Shanghai Jiao Tong University

From Data to Decisions: AI/ML-Augmented Metocean Digital Twins for Predictive and Actionable Maritime Intelligence
Dr Roy HE
Distinguished Professor, North Carolina State University
Founder and President, Fathom Science, Inc.

On MASS Cyber Vulnerability: Rudder Controller Attack Simulation Experiments
Professor Sanja BAUK
European Research Area Chair, Maritime Cybersecurity Centre,
Tallinn University of Technology

Unlocking Insights with Big Data for Clean and Decarbonized Shipping
Professor LIU Huan
Newton Advanced Scholar by the Royal Society
The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Wind to Wake Assessment of Future Marine Fuels and Powertrains
Professor Dominic HUDSON
Shell Professor of Ship Safety and Efficiency
University of Southampton

Ammonia Bunkering: Understanding Dispersion Behavior in Accidental Releases
Dr LIU Ming
Research Director
Maritime Energy and Sustainable Development Centre of Excellence,
Nanyang Technological University